Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 112-115 , May 2008

Use of frozen sections in the examination of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with melanoma

  • Victor G. Prieto, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Victor G. Prieto, MD, PhD, Departments of Pathology and Dermatology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030.

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PII: S0740-2570(08)00023-3

doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2008.04.001

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 112-115 , May 2008

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